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Film Review — The Color Purple

Film Review — The Color Purple

Solidly put together, but the subject matter of Alice Walker’s novel feels ill at ease with the upbeat musical treatment

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Jan 30, 2024
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This new musical film version of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, adapted from a stage show by Marsha Norman, Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray, went largely overlooked in the Oscar nominations, save for a Supporting Actress nod for Danielle Brooks. I see why, as I found The Color Purple to be a slightly s…

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